Tool for attaching improved wing headed fasteners

ABSTRACT

Tool attachments associated with air tools that force nails or other fasteners into members. Uniquely formed wing headed fasteners and the tool attachments are correspondingly adapted to each other to enable the wing headed fasteners to be pivotally mounted to said members with the nails from the tool for releasably holding a first member, such as a cabinet backing in a position relative to a second member such as a cabinet frame therebehind. The attachments are associated with air tools, or the like, to force nails through uniquely formed wing headed fasteners to hold same so that the wing headed fasteners are pivotally mounted to a member to releasably hold a first member such as a cabinet backing in a position relative to a second member such as a cabinet frame therebehind.

United States Patent 1 Pabich et al.

[ TOOL FOR ATTACHING IMPROVED WING HEADED FASTENERS [75] Inventors:Richard W. Pabich; Richard W.

Trieber, both of Chicago, Ill.

[73] Assignee: Acme Lane Co., Inc., Chicago, Ill.

[22] Filed: Nov. 21, 1968 [2]] Appl. No.: 777,652

Related US. Application Data [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. Nos.615,830, Feb. 13,

I967, abandoned, and Ser. No. 689,939, Nov. 24 I967, Pat. No. 3,429.0]3.

[ Apr. 17, 1973 Adams ..227/76 Pabich et a] ..24/221 [57] ABSTRACT Toolattachments associated with air tools that force nails or otherfasteners into members. Uniquely formed wing headed fasteners and thetool attachments are correspondingly adapted to each other to enable thewing headed fasteners to be pivotally mounted to said members with thenails from the tool for releasably holding a first member, such as acabinet backing in a position relative to a second member such as acabinet frame therebehind. The attachments are associated with airtools, or the like, to force nails through uniquely formed wing headedfasteners to hold same so that the wing headed fasteners are pivotallymounted to a member to releasably hold a first member such as a cabinetbacking in a position relative to a second member such as a cabinetframe therebehind. I

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SHEET 5 UF 5 INVENTORS RICHA J W. P CH RICHA W. T BER M MW ATTORNEYSTOOL FOR ATTACIIING IMPROVED WING HEADED FASTENERS This inventionrelates to improved wing headed fasteners, tool attachments and to themethod of applying the wing headed fasteners with a minimum of cost andtime. This is a continuation in part of our previously filed and sinceabandoned patent application entitled IMPROVED WING HEADED FASTENER ANDTOOL ATTACHMENT FOR APPLYING FASTENER, Ser. No. 615,830, Filing DateFeb. 13, 1967, as well as our previously filed continuation in partentitled IMPROVED WING HEADED FASTENER WITH TOOL ATTACHMENTS AND METHODFOR APPLYING FASTENER, Ser. No. 689,939, Filed Nov. 24, 1967 now US.Pat. No. 3,429,013.

For many years the electronics industry, among others, has been facedwith the problem of reassembling imperfect units such as television setsafter the same have been assembled. Of principal concern is thenecessity of removing and thereafter replacing threaded fasteners whichare normally used in fastening the backing members of televisioncabinets, or the like. The cost involved in the operations addsconsiderably to the unit cost of the product being manufactured and thusthere is a definite need for obviating the removal and replacement ofthe threaded fasteners.

Several attempts have been made in the past to remedy this problem byusing fasteners which do not have to be removed from the cabinet inorder to enable removal of the cabinet backings which they secure. Suchfasteners do exist and although they obviate problems of removal, it ismore difficult to install these new fasteners than it is to install theold and well known threaded fasteners. I

As explained in our previous application, we have obviated thedisadvantages attendant with utilizing common threaded fasteners forsecuring first members, such as cabinet backing members, to secondmembers, such as cabinets, by providing fasteners which enable thebacking of a cabinet to be removed expeditiously without removal of thefasteners. In addition, the fasteners can be positioned and appliedautomatically with our new process thereby obviating the difficultiesinvolved with initially applying or installing the fasteners. It wasthus a primary object of our invention covered under U. S. Patentapplication, Ser. No. 689,939 (now US. Pat. No. 3,429,013) to providenew and improved fasteners which can removably associate a cabinetbacking or the like, with a cabinet so that the backing can be assembledand disassembled with a minimum amount of time and effort. It was afurther object of this invention to provide new and improved fastenersthat removably associate a cabinet backing, or the like, with a secondmember such as a cabinet in order that the backing can be removed fromthe cabinet without removal of said fastener.

While we disclosed attachments in our previously filed applications,such attachments were considered a distinctinvention and to this end wehere disclose those portions of the previous applications which wereconsidered as distinct inventions. Thus, it is a primary object of thisinvention to provide tool attachments for tools used for automaticallydriving nails. The attachments are especially adapted to our new andimproved fasteners so that the fasteners can be pivotally associatedwith members by driving nails therethrough and into said members.

It is even a still further object of our invention to provide new andimproved attachments for an air tool to thereby adapt the toolespecially for our new and improved fasteners and the attachments enableour new and improved fasteners to be associated with members at apredetermined location with respect to key slots in those members.

It is even still further an object of this invention to provide a newand improved system for positioning fasteners such as described hereinwith respect to nail driving tools in order to associate the fastenerswith members by driving nails therethrough.

Other and further objects of this invention will become readily apparentfrom reading the description in light of the accompanying drawingswherein:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view illustrating our invention used withan automatic nailing tool that is powered by compressed air;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the tool attachment of our inventionillustrating its mode of association with the automatic nailing tool ofFIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view looking upward at the tool attachment of ourinvention in relation to the bottom of the automatic nailing tool ofFIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view illustrating how a nail fastener is forcedthrough one of our new and improved wing headed fasteners to secure thesame to a first member such as a cabinet frame;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along a plane passing through the lines5-5 in FIG. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrows to illustratehow the new and improved tool attachment cooperates with a key slot tolocate the wing headed fastener and nail in a certain position relativeto said key slot;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 4 illustrating how our newand improved wing headed fastener is held in position with the wing headsubstantially transverse to the key slot with its wing portions forcedagainst the backing surface by a nail;

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating our new and improved wing headed fastenerin relation to the key slot in the cabinet backing where the wing headedfastener has an open position (shown by the solid lines) and a closedposition (shown in phantom); and

FIG. 8 is a cut-away view of the actuating piston member of the air toolillustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view illustrating another embodiment ofourinvention with an automatic nailing tool where the improved fasteneris illustrated as mounted in spaced apart relationship on a carriertape;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a top view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged side elevational view of the improved toolattachment used to cooperate with the carrier tape and fastenersillustrated in FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a fragmentary elevational view of our device illustrating aspring biased catch that prevents nails from being actuated from thedevice until after the tool is positioned so that a fastener may beproperly positioned in a key slot; and

FIG. 14 is an enlarged bottom view of the attachment for the embodimentillustrated in FIG. 9;

FIG. is a side elevational view illustrating still another embodiment ofour invention with an automatic nailing tool where the improved fastenerutilized is interconnected;

FIG. 15A is a fragmentary view taken on a plane passing through the lineISA-15A and looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 16 is a partial bottom view taken on a plane passing through theline 16-16 and looking in the direction of the arrows and illustratingthe fasteners interconnected and positioned in our device as illustratedin FIG. 15;

FIG. 16a is a sectional view taken on a plane passing through the linel6A-l6A (of FIG. 16) and looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 17 is a partial front elevational view taken on a plane passingthrough the line 17-17 (of FIG. 15) and looking in the direction of thearrows;

FIG. 18 is a partial bottom view of FIG. 15 taken on a plane passingthrough the line 18-18 and looking on the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 19 is a top view of our new and improved fasteners showninterconnected so that they can be utilized in our new and improveddevice of FIG. 15; and

FIG. is a sectional view taken on a plane passing through the line 20-20(of FIG. 19) and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts throughout our new and improved wing headed fastener10 and tool attachment 12 are shown in FIGS. l-8 in connection with anair tool which is commonly used for driving nails. Exemplary embodimentsthereof have heretofore been illustrated and described in U.S. Pat. Nos.2,872,901 3,081,740, 3,081,741, 3,081,742, 3,056,964, 3,056,965.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3 and 8, the air tool 14 has a cylinder head16 that is supplied with compressed air to drive a reciprocating piston18 in order that nails 20 which are held in the magazine 22 thereof areforced through an aperture 20a in the tool attachment 12. It will benoted that the tool attachment 12 is associated with the lower portionof the air tool 14 by fastening members 12a. The tool attachment 12comprises a pair of apertured plates 13, 13a. The plates fit togetherand form the aperture 200 therebetween for purposes of enabling thenails 20 in the magazine 22 to be forced therethrough by the piston 18upon actuation of the trigger 22a of the air tool 14. The attachment 12has a pair of spaced apart noses 15, 150, which have inner sides withopposing arcuate edges 17, 17a to receive and hold the wing headedfasteners 10 in position in connection with the air tool 14 as will behereafter explained.

The wing headed fasteners 10, as illustrated in FIGS. 4-7, are intendedfor use in cooperation with a first member, such as a cabinet backing 23to removably associate the backing with a second member such as acabinet 24 in order that when it is desired to remove the cabinetbacking, the same can be removed without removing the fasteners. Thefirst member or cabinet backing 23 has a key slot 26 which substantiallyconforms to a cross-section of our new and improved wing headed fastener10 as illustrated in FIG. 7.

As illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, the wing headed fastener 10 has acentral body portion 28 with top and bottom ends 28a, 28b, respectively.A pair of wing portions 30, 30a, project from the central body portionin opposite directions. The wing portions preferably have flat upperends and inclined lower ends 31, 32 having the lowest points thereof atthe outside and rising upwardly at points closer to the central axisthereof. The wing portions 30, 30a are preferably composed of resilientmaterial such as plastic and the lowest points thereof are accordinglydeflected upward toward the top end of said wing headed fastener whenforced against the cabinet backing 23. Such deflection causes pressureto be exerted on the surface underneath the fastener to secure thefastener and fastened member.

It will be noted from FIGS. 4 and 6 that the lower ends of the wingportions 30, 30a are rounded so that when it is desired to rotate thefastener, friction is minimized. Also, the central body portion 28 hasan opening 10a with a recess 10b formed therein through the central axisthereof from the top to the bottom for receiving a nail 20 in order toattach the wing headed fastener 10 to the said second member.

In operation, the air tool 14 with its magazine filled with nails 20 hasan improved wing headed fastener 10 releasably held by the attachment 12as illustrated in FIG. 5. The central body portion 28 of the fastener 10is held by the arcuate edges 17, 17a so that the aperture 100 in thewing headed fastener 10 is aligned with the intended path of the nails20. Thereafter the noses 15, 15a of the tool attachment 12 arepositioned in the key slot 26, as illustrated in FIG. 5 in order thatthe wing headed fastener has its wing portions 30, 30a positionedsubstantially transverse to the key slot 26 and therefore in contactwith the backing member 23 of the cabinet 24. Thus, when the air tool 14is actuated a nail 20 is forced through the aperture 20a, the aperture10a of the wing headed fastener 10 and finally into engagement with thecabinet 24 as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 6. When a nail 20 is driventhrough a wing headed fastener 10 which is releasably held by theattachment 12, it also causes the wing headed fastener to be releasedfrom the arcuate edges 17, 17a.

The wing headed fasteners open and closed positions are illustrated inFIGS. 5 and 7. In FIG. 7, the wing headed fastener is in its openposition and is in alignment with the key slot 26 in order that thebacking 23 can be removed from the cabinet without removing the fastener10. The wing headed fastener's closed position is illustrated in phantomin FIG. 5 and 7 where the wing portions thereof are in Contact with thebacking of the cabinet in a substantially transverse position withrespect to the key slot in order to secure the backing 23 to the cabinet24. It will be further noted that in order to enable easy rotation ofthe wing headed fasteners the nails 20 are driven into the cally movedto a position where they can be applied rapidly and efficiently as willbe explained hereafter.

The nailing tool 34 is patterned after the conventional nailersillustrated in the aforementioned patents and described in connectionwith FIGS. 1-8. The tool is provided with an actuation trigger 39, ahandle 40, a nail clip 42 with nails 42a positioned therein in orderthat they can be driven through the mouth 44 of the tool. A fastenerplate 46 is attached to and positioned on the bottom of the tool 34. Thefastener plate 46 has a characterized partial aperture 46a which isshaped in conformity with the contour of a side of the wing headedfasteners and is proximately located with respect to the mouth 44 asillustrated in FIG. 10. For easy identification the aperture is outlinedby a heavily inked line in FIG. 10. The aperture 46a works as a locatingdevice for the wing headed fasteners in that the tape 38 is threadedthrough the aperture 46a from the underside of the plate. When pulledover the top of the plate as illustrated in FIGS. 9, 10, the tape drawsthe fastener tightly against aperture 46a. The tape can be pulledmanually through the aperture 46a and is prevented from being pulled anyfurther when a wing headed fastener is moved against the sides of theaperture 46a.

A safety catch 48 (FIG. 12) is associated with the trigger 39 so thatthe trigger cannot actuate the device unless the tool is held so thatone of the wing headed fasteners 10 is positioned in the opening of thekey slot 26 as illustrated in FIG. 5. The safety catch 48 has a releaselever 50 that is depressible to release said trigger 39. The top tobottom dimension of the wing headed fastener 10, if they are notpositioned in the cavity, precludes the release lever 50 from beingdepressed when the fasteners and machine are pressed against a surface.On the otherhand, if the wing headed fasteners 10 have their bodyportions 28 located and positioned within the cylindrical opening in thekey slot 26 and against the cabinet or second member 24, the releaselever 50 is raised and the trigger 39 can be actuated. As seen from thedrawings, the release lever 50 of the safety catch 48 is attached to anarm 52 that has an end adjacent to the trigger 39. The arm 52 preventsthe trigger from forcing lever 51 against reciprocating piston operatingpin 51a unless arm 52 is in its actuated position shown by the brokenline drawing of FIG. 12. Thus, the trigger 39 will not releasecompressed air and drive the fasteners unless the release mechanism 50is actuated upward in the direction shown by three arrows 50a by thecabinet backing. Therefore, the tool 34 cannot be operated unless thesafety catch has its release lever 50 actuated which occurs only whenthe wing headed fasteners are properly positioned for being fastenedinto the key slot as intended.

A pawl mechanism 54, as illustrated in FIGS. 9, l0, l2 and I3 preventsthe tape from travelling backward once it is pulled through the aperture46a. Thus, the mechanism 54 operates to prevent backlash or backwardtravel of tape 38, after a wing headed fastener 10 has been fastenedonto a cabinet.

As illustrated in FIGS. 9, 111, 12 and 14, the pawl mechanism 54 ispivotally mounted above the upper portion of the fastener plate 46 andit includes a pair of spaced apart lever bars 56 which are held togetherin a spaced apart relationship by means of the transverse bar 58. Themechanism 54 is attached to fastener plate 46 with any well-knownthreaded fastener such as screws 59, 59a. The screws 59 attach to pivotpoints 60, which can be cylindrical shafts rotatably mounted in each arm56. Gripping means such as the gears 61, 62 are rigidly associated witheach of the arms 56.

Spring biasing means 65, 66 urge the mechanism 54 with its gear 61, 62downward into engagement with the tape 38 which is thus held against thefastener plate 46 and prevents back tracking. While the grippingmechanism of FIG. 14 may operate in a number of different ways, atypical operation is for the operator to manually pull the tape 38 andbring a fastener 10 into the aperture 46(a) of FIG. 10. The springs 65,66 push the gears 61, 62 down to roll on top of the tape 38,.and thenlock in position to hold it in the taut position. After the fastener isnailed in place the tape 38 is again pulled manually, and the gears 61and 62 again grip it to prevent a backward movement of the fastener.Alternatively, mechanism may be provided for pulling the tape or movingthe gears 61, 62.

Any suitable type of bracket can be employed to journal the roll 36. InFIGS. 9 and 10 a pair of brackets 67, 67a can be attached to the nailingtool 34 and the roll 36 can be locked into rotating position by means ofa spindle 68 and catch 69. From FIGS. 9 and 10 it is seen that thespindle 68 is shaped like a bolt with a head 68a at one end thereof anda groove 68b at the other end thereof to engage the catch 69. Thus, toreplace the roll 36 the spindle 68 can be removed by releasing the catch69, removing the spindle 68, placing a new roll in the device, replacingthe spindle in the brackets to journal the new roll and then locking thecatch 69 with the groove 68a of the spindle 68. Thus, in Opera' tion thedevice illustrated in FIGS. 9 through 13 is operated by first loadingthe roll of tape with the wing headed fasteners in the machine, thenthreading a free end of the tape through the aperture 460 and over thefastener plate 46 until the first wing headed fastener is received inthe aperture 46a as illustrated in FIG. 10. Then the device 34 ispositioned by eye so that the body portion 28 of the wing headedfastener protrudes through the key slot 26 in the cabinet backing 23with the wing portions 30, 30a thereof in a substantially transverserelationship with the key slot 26 as illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7. Inthis position the safety catch 48 is depressed far enough by thepressure from the tool to enable actuation of the trigger 39. After thetrigger 39 is actuated a nail 20 is forced through the mouth 44 of thedevice as well as through the tape 38 and the opening of the centralbody portion of the wing headed fastener It) to thereby affix the wingheaded fastener to the cabinet, or the like. Almost any spaced apartrelationship between the wing headed fasteners 10 along the tape 38would be suitable for our invention. The only limitation on the spacethere between is that the wing headed fasteners must be spaced apart asufficient distance to enable one to be fastened without effecting thenext fastener on the tape.

The wing headed fasteners 10 of this embodiment are attached to the tape38 by means of an adhesive, the adhesive being of a strength thatpermits the wing headed fasteners 10 to be separated therefrom when anail is driven therethrough. Still even further relative to the taperoll, in order to separate the wing headed fasteners from the tape bydriving nails from the machine, the wing headed fasteners 10 areattached to the tape and rolled in such a manner so that the wing headedfasteners 10 are below the tape when each of them are disposedunderneath the mouth 44 of our device and ready for actuation. Thus,when a nail is driven through a wing headed fastener 10, the nailpierces the tape 38 and then causes the wing headed fastener 10 to beseparated from the tape and fastened in operative position in the keyslots 26 of a cabinet backing, or the like.

In FIGS. -18, an automatic nailing tool 74 is illustrated in combinationwith attachments that include a slotted compartment 76 at the bottomthereof that slidably receives a set 78 of interconnected fasteners 78atherein. The interconnected fasteners 78a are spring biased on one endby the spring means 80 and are stopped at the front end by a fastenerplate 81. A cut-off means 82 is located proximate to the fasteners atthe front end of the set of fasteners and enables each of the individualfasteners 78a to be severed after they are positioned for fasteneing bythe nails as will be explained hereafter.

The nailing tool 74 is patterned after the conventional nailersillustrated in the aforementioned patent and described in FIGS. 1-15.The tool is provided with an actuation trigger 89, a handle 90, a nailclip 83 with nails positioned therein (not shown) in order that they canbe driven through the mouth of the tool. The slotted compartment 76 hasa channel 84 which is shaped in conformity to the cross-section of thefasteners as illustrated in FIG. 16a, and it has an opening in the rearend thereof which accepts the set of fasteners 78a upon their insertiontherein. The spring means 80 is held in place at the rear end of themachine by means of the spring catch knob 94 which has a peg 94aextending therefrom that is placed in a protruding position through theaperture 76a. The slotted compartment 76 has a characterized aperture 96at the front end thereof which is shaped in substantial conformity withthe contour of one of the wing headed fasteners and is proximatelylocated with respect to the mouth of the machine in order that itsposition is in registry with the mouth so that a nail can be driventhrough the aperture of the fastener. The fastener plate 81 cooperateswith the characterized aperture 96 to locate the fastener 78a foractivation as illustrated in FIG. 18. In this particular embodiment, thecharacterized aperture is defined by shoulders 96a, 96b on the tool andshoulders 96c, 96d on the front of the magazine. It will be noted thatthe cut-off means 82 has a bottom plate 98 which has a protrusion 100extending downward therefrom as well as cutter 101 extending upwardtoward the interconnecting means 78b of each of the fasteners 780 asthey are positioned in the characterized aperture 96. The cut-off means82 is spring biased in a downward direction by the spring means 102 and103 which are interposed between the machine and the cut-off means 82 ata location where a pair of reciprocally actuatable piston members 104and 105 extend from the nailing tool. At least one of the reciprocallyactuatable piston members, such as 104 is connected to the safety catch108 of the nailing tool 74 so that the trigger cannot actuate the deviceunless one of the wing headed fasteners is positioned in the opening ofa key slot 26 as illustrated in FIG. 5. The safety catch 108 isassociated with the trigger 89 so that the trigger cannot actuate thedevice unless one of the wing headed fasteners is positioned in thecharacterized aperture 96 as illustrated in FIG. 18. The safety catch108 is associated with the release lever or piston 104 to release thetrigger 89 when the piston is depressed.

Briefly in resume, if the winged fastener is not present, the parts 48,50, 52, 52a are in the positions shown by solid lines. When the triggeris pulled, the left-hand end of arm 51 is raised (as viewed in FIG. 12).The arm 51 pivots about the point where it is resting on the arm 52a.However, arm 51 does not raise far enough to move pin 51a. If a fastener10 is in position, parts 48, 50, 52a raise, as indicated in dotted linesin FIG. 12. When the trigger 39 is pulled, the left-hand end raises. Thelever 51 pivots about the point where it is resting on the arm 52a. Thistime the pin 51a is pushed, and the tool is actuated.

As in the case of the other preferred embodiments of the nailing tools,the top to bottom dimension of the wing headed fasteners 78a, if theyare not positioned in the key slot, precludes the release lever orpiston 104 from being depressed when the fasteners and machine arepressed against a surface unless the wing headed fasteners 78a havetheir body portions located and positioned within the cylindricalopening in the key slot and against a base member. If the fastener 78ais not properly positioned in the key slot, the height of the fastenerbody interfered with a movement of the plate 82, to thereby preclude arelease of safety catch 108. This is explained above in connection withFIG. 12. Thus, the tool 74 will not operate unless the safety catch 108has its release lever or piston 104 actuated which occurs only when thetool is positioned against the back of the cabinet and the wing headedfasteners are properly positioned for being fastened into the key slotas intended.

Still further, a protrusion 99 extends from the fastener plate so thatit can cooperate with the protrusion 100 to be constrainingly receivedin a key slot to locate the improved fasteners 78a in a predeterminedlocation relative to the key slot and to locate the fastener in orderthat it can be forced against a cabinet backing, or the like, uponactuation ofa nail.

To review the operation of the tool 74 and attachments thereof, the setof interconnected fasteners 78 are placed in the slotted compartment 76and the spring means is urged against the interconnected fasteners 78 toposition them successively for activation and fastening. The cutoffmeans 82 operates to sever each of the fasteners 78a prior to theirbeing nailed. As each fastener 78a is nailed, another fastener isactuated by the spring means 80 to a position where it is in thecharacterized aperture 96 and ready for nailing. The fasteners arelocated by means of the protrusions 99, as before described.

Thus, from an understanding of the operation of our invention it can beseen that the invention has fulfilled the stated objects in a remarkablyunexpected fashion. Not only does the new and improved wing headedfastener enable expeditious removal of the cabinet backings, or thelike, but also the new and improved attachments and process describedherein in connection with the fasteners enables the wing headedfasteners to be installed easily, rapidly and with a minimum ofcost.

While we have illustrated preferred embodiments of our invention, thescope thereof is intended to include other embodiments which aresuggested by this disclo sure. For instance, it is conceivable thatother shapes of attachments for associating the wing headed fastenerswith driving tools could be employed to achieve the objectives hereindisclosed and suggested.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby United States Letters Patent is:

1. A tool that drives nails into a base member, means in said tool forremovably holding a wing headed apertured fastener in a position wheresaid aperture is aligned with the intended path of said nail, wherebythe driving of said nail moves said fastener out of said tool by forcingsaid nail through said aperture and into said base member.

2. A tool as defined in claim 1, for use in removably connecting a panelmember having a key slot therein to said base member,

locating means shaped to be received in said key slot to locate saidfastener in a predetermined location relative to said key slot and tolocate said fastener in order that it can be secured to said base memberupon the driving of said nail. 3. A tool as defined in claim 1 said toolhaving magazine means for slideably receiving a strip of interconnectedfasteners to successively feed each of said apertured fasteners inalignment with said path of said nails, and said magazine having springmeans to successively feed each apertured fastener after a preceding onehas been severed from the remaining fasteners,

whereby the driving of said nails through said apertured fastenerscauses said fasteners to be successively secured to said base member.

4. A tool, as defined in claim 3 wherein said tool has cutting means forsevering the connection between each of said fasteners prior to whensaid nails fasten each of said fasteners.

S. A tool as defined in claim 4 for use in removably connecting a panelmember having a key slot therein to said base ember,

locating means shaped to be received in said key slot to locate saidfastener in a predetermined location relative to said key slot in orderthat it can be secured to said base member upon the driving of saidnail.

6. A tool, as defined in claim I, wherein said apertured fasteners areremovably mounted in a spaced apart relationship on a flexible stip inorder to feed each of said apertured fasteners successively forfastening by said nails,

said tool having means for slidably receiving said flexible strip inorder that said strip can be moved therethrough to successively locateeach of said apertured fasteners in alignment with said path of saidnails,

said apertured fasteners being removed from said strip and secured tosaid base member upon the driving of said nails, and

said tool being adapted to successively locate each of said aperturedfasteners after a preceding one has been removed from said strip bymovement of the tape to successively locate each of said aperturedfasteners for securement.

7. A tool, as defined in claim 6 wherein said tool includes means forprecluding a retrogressive movement of said strip. I 8. Apparatus forreleasably mounting a panel on a surface, said apparatus comprisingmeans for receiving a strip of fasteners interconnected by a thinintegral web, means for locating one of the fasteners in said strip overa mounting surface, means for driving a nail through said one fastenerand into said surface, and means operated substantially simultaneouslywith the driving of said nailvfor severing the web joining the fastenerattached to the surface, thereby separating it from the strip offasteners.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 in which the nail is disposed over andconcentrically aligned with the fastener prior to being driventherethrough and prior to said severing of the webjoining the fastenerand the strip.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said driving means is a hammer insaid apparatus, said means for receiving the strip of fastenersincluding spring biased means for urging said strip toward said hammer,

magazine means in said apparatus for receiving a strip of nails andurging said nailstoward said hammer, and means for operating the hammerto drive a nail through a fastener and into said other surface.

11. A fastener driving tool for automatically feeding a component andfastening the same in position by driving a fastener therethrough into aworkpiece, said tool comprising:

a housing including structure defining a drivetrack and a fastenerdriving member movable through said drive track and operable through adrive stroke;

a magazine assembly including:

an elongated guide track for supplying one of a continuous separablestrip of interconnected components to said drive track, and

guide means for supplying fasteners to said drive 7 track intermediatesaid guide track and said fastener driving member;

whereby operation of said fastener driving member through a drive strokeis effective to drive a fastener through one component into a workpieceand to separate said one component from the strip.

7 12. A fastener driving tool as set forth in claim 11 wherein saidcomponents are generally T-shaped clips, and

. said guide track includes an elongated generally T- shaped guide.

13. A fastener driving tool as set forth in claim 11 and including meansfor separating said components from said strip.

l4. A fastener driving tool as set forth in claim 13 wherein the lastmentioned means comprises a shear.

15. A fastener driving tool as set forth in claim 14 wherein said toolis of the type provided with a workpiece engaging member connected to asafety switch preventing firing of said tool through a drive strokeunless said tool is in engagement with a workpiece, and

wherein said shear is defined on said workpiece engaging member toseparate one of said components from a continuous strip upon depressionof said member.

16. A fastener driving tool as set forth in claim 12 wherein said clipsare adapted to be secured in keyhole shaped slots formed in the edge ofapanel, and

a projecting pin is provided from said tool engageable in the narrowportion of a slot to locate the tool and position the assembledcomponent on the workpiece.

1. A tool that drives nails into a base member, means in said tool forremovably holding a wing headed apertured fastener in a position wheresaid aperture is aligned with the intended path of said nail, wherebythe driving of said nail moves said fastener out of said tool by forcingsaid nail through said aperture and into said base member.
 2. A tool asdefined in claim 1, for use in removably connecting a panel memberhaving a key slot therein to said base member, locating means shaped tobe received in said key slot to locate said fastener in a predeterminedlocation relative to said key slot and to locate said fastener in orderthat it can be secured to said base member upon the driving of saidnail.
 3. A tool as defined in claim 1 said tool having magazine meansfor slideably receiving a strip of interconnected fasteners tosuccessively feed each of said apertured fasteners in alignment withsaid path of said nails, and said magazine having spring means tosuccessively feed each apertured fastener after a preceding one has beensevered from the remaining fasteners, whereby the driving of said nailsthrough said apertured fasteners causes said fasteners to besuccessively secured to said base member.
 4. A tool, as defined in claim3 wherein said tool has cutting means for severing the connectionbetween each of said fasteners prior to when said nails fasten each ofsaid fasteners.
 5. A tool as defined in claim 4 for use in removablyconnecting a panel member having a key slot therein to said base ember,locating means shaped to be received in said key slot to locate saidfastener in a predetermined location relative to said key slot in orderthat it can be secured to said base member upon the driving of saidnail.
 6. A tool, as defined in claim 1, wherein said apertured fastenersare removably mounted in a spaced apart relationship on a flexible stipin order to feed each of said apertured fasteners successively forfastening by said nails, said tool having means for slidably receivingsaid flexible strip in order that said strip can be moved therethroughto successively locate each of said apertured fasteners in alignmentwith said path of said nails, said apertured fasteners being removedfrom said strip and secured to said base member upon the driving of saidnails, and said tool being adapted to successively locate each of saidapertured fasteners after a preceding one has been removed from saidstrip by movement of the tape to successively locate each of saidapertured fasteners for securement.
 7. A tool, as defined in claim 6wherein said tool includes means for precluding a retrogressive movementof said strip.
 8. Apparatus for releasably mounting a panel on asurface, said apparatus comprising means for receiving a strip offasteners interconnected by a thin integral web, means for locating oneof the fasteners in said strip over a mounting surface, means fordriving a nail through said one fastener and into said surface, andmeans operated substantially simultaneously with the driving of saidnail for severing the web joining the fastener attached to the surface,thereby separating it from the strip of fasteners.
 9. The apparatus ofclaim 8 in which the nail is disposed over and concentrically alignedwith the fastener prior to being driven therethrough and prior to saidsevering of the web joining the fastener and the strip.
 10. Theapparatus of claim 8 wherein said driving means is a hammer in saidapparatus, said means for receiving the strip of fasteners includingspring biased means for urging said strip toward said hammer, magazinemeans in said apparatus for receiving a strip of nails and urging saidnails toward said hammer, and means for operating the hammer to drive anail through a fastener and into said other surface.
 11. A fastenerdriving tool for automatically feeding a component and fastening thesame in position by driving a fastener therethrough into a workpiece,said tool comprising: a housing including structure defining a drivetrack and a fastener driving member movable through said drive track andoperable through a drive stroke; a magazine assembly including: anelongated guide track for supplying one of a continuous separable stripof interconnected components to said drive track, and guide means forsupplying fasteners to said drive track intermediate said guide trackand said fastener driving member; whereby operation of said fastenerdriving member through a drive stroke is effective to drive a fastenerthrough one component into a workpiece and to separate said onecomponent from the strip.
 12. A fastener driving tool as set forth inclaim 11 wherein said components are generally T-shaped clips, and saidguide track includes an elongated generally T-shaped guide.
 13. Afastener driving tool as set forth in claim 11 and including means forseparating said components from said strip.
 14. A fastener driving toolas set forth in claim 13 wherein the last mentioned means comprises ashear.
 15. A fastener driving tool as set forth in claim 14 wherein saidtool is of the type provided with a workpiece engaging member connectedto a safety switch preventing firing of said tool through a drive strokeunless said tool is in engagement with a workpiece, and wherein saidshear is defined on said workpiece engaging member to separate one ofsaid components from a continuous strip upon depression of said member.16. A fastener driving tool as set forth in claim 12 wherein said clipsare adapted to be secured in keyhole shaped slots formed in the edge ofa panel, and a projecting pin is provided from said tool engageable inthe narrow portion of a slot to locate the tool and position theassembled component on the workpiece.